COVID knocks Barzalona out of Hong Kong International Races

HRN Staff
Photo: Godolphin

Mickael Barzalona will miss the Hong Kong International Races on Sunday after testing positive for COVID, the Hong Kong Jockey Club said in a news release.

He also missed the International Jockeys Championship.

Hong Kong rider Derek K. C. Leung took Barzalona's mounts in the championship.

Barzalona became a Godolphin jockey in March 2012 and is the team's principal rider in France.

The France native began riding in 2009 and got his first win for Godolphin on Sabotage in the inaugural running of the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan in 2010, according to the Godolphin website.

He won the 2011 English Derby (G1) aboard Pour Moi at age 19, becoming the youngest jockey to win the premier British Classic in 30 years.

He also won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar on Talismanic.

Coverage of the Hong Kong Thoroughbred season at Horse Racing Nation is made possible through a sponsorship by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

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